June 21, 2017      5:06 PM

Updated: Houston City Council votes 10 to 6 to join lawsuit against SB 4

Mayor Turner says they didn’t choose this fight: “We’re having to respond to action that was taken on the state level that impacts Houstonians.”

With a 10-6 city council vote, Houston, which has the third-largest undocumented immigrant population in the country, became the latest city to join the lawsuit against SB 4 today.

Houston joins Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, El Paso and El Cenizo in challenging the “show me your papers” law passed by the Texas Legislature at the behest of Gov. Greg Abbott, who demanded the bill on his desk but did not get involved in crafting the legislation.

By Lyanne A. Guarecuco

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